[FQP] [ARRL-LOTW] Mobiles

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Ron said:
> Until someone comes up with a "standard" way to handle mobile logs (or
> LoTW can wildcard those calls) uploading 3 logs per county is a PITA.


You missed one, Ron... WD4AHZ/M/SAR... no wonder I'm not getting matches. 
wink wink, nudge nudge!

But you're right, there is no defined standard how to "deal with" mobile 
logs. If a standard were developed, I would expect something along the lines 
of using WD4AHZ when you are at home and WD4AHZ/M when you in the car. In 
both cases, there is no need to identify your location in the callsign. That 
is a convenience for use during the contest and the location is addressed in 
the tQSL application. And as has been mentioned, that's where all the work 
is involved, creating dozens of "mobile locations", or in the case of the 
County Hunters, 3,077 "locations".

Also, don't forget the tQSL application allows you to identify locations 
based on Grid Squares too. Has anyone figured out how many unique Grid 
Square/County combinations there might be?

73 de Bob - KØRC/M/CHS/EN35nj in MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Wetjen" <wd4ahz at gte.net>
To: <fqp at kkn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [FQP] [ARRL-LOTW] Mobiles


> On 4/28/2010 9:58 AM, FireBrick wrote:
>
>> As far as too dificult, baloney, most of the logging software will filter 
>> on
>> what county your in, and all you have to do is edit the TQSL setting.
>
> Not quite.
>
> The mobile station has to submit 3 logs per county, signed as ...
>
> WD4AHZ
> WD4AHZ/M
> WD4AHZ/SAR
>
> to catch the possible ways he might have been logged in order to get a
> LoTW match.
>
> As some already said, they don't log /M or /SAR, so if I submit a
> WD4AHZ/SAR log ... no match.
>
> Until someone comes up with a "standard" way to handle mobile logs (or
> LoTW can wildcard those calls) uploading 3 logs per county is a PITA.
>
> Ron, WD4AHZ
>
>
>
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